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Originally Posted by Laker14 View Post
Last year I reached out to the Recreation Department with the idea of taking ONE PART of the 2 tennis courts, striping for PB, and having a portable net so when the PB courts are jammed, and nobody is playing tennis, people could at least go over there and warm up, or if a couple just wanted to practice a bit they could do that. I even suggested a big bold sign stating that any tennis players would have preference and picklers would have to leave the court if the space was needed for tennis. I got an emphatic "NO". I was told that if I couldn't find a PB court near me (I'm in Poinciana) I should travel down to one of the newer areas like Franklin (an hour by golf cart) and see if they had a court open.

Most tennis are are stripped for master tennis. Tennis nets are 2 inch higher than pickleball. Makes more sense to add strips to some platform tennis courts due to dimension are same or close including net height. they are usually besides pickleball courts plus in cage so you don’t have to chase ball all over big tennis court.